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did you get that about 40-hour work week. i didn't know obama told me i can't work 40-hours a week. that's another story. they're comical. in my opinion they're jous comical. no doubt the ceckeystone pipeli is one that is hard to figure. this current senator running ads like this, he claims he is a new type of republican who supports green energy and then he says stuff like this. >> just yesterday the keystone pipeline delay turned six years old thanks to the president's inaction we are no closer to building it today than we were six years ago, as a result thousands of americans are missing out on the good-paying jobs the pipe line would create. americans know failures like this is one of the main reasons washington is broken. republicans agree and that's why we have repeatedly called for president obama and the senate to take action. >> this is rather interesting because the people who are behind the keystone pipeline are union workers. we all know how republicans feel about unions and union workers. they just have too much demands, they get paid too much, they get a pension, they
did you get that about 40-hour work week. i didn't know obama told me i can't work 40-hours a week. that's another story. they're comical. in my opinion they're jous comical. no doubt the ceckeystone pipeli is one that is hard to figure. this current senator running ads like this, he claims he is a new type of republican who supports green energy and then he says stuff like this. >> just yesterday the keystone pipeline delay turned six years old thanks to the president's inaction we are...
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>> well, it will be revealed later this week but president obama took his campaign and about $1.4 million worth of ads in battleground states to go after governor romney on the issue of energy prices. the record needs to be set straight about what this administration's policies are with regard to energy. >> if you want an idea of the kind of ads crossroads will run against president obama, look no further than the gas pump. >> now he's taking credit. for which part? the $5 gas or the millions of americans struggling because of it? tell the president his oppressive energy policies aren't working for us. >> we know domestic oil production is at an eight-year high. the oil and gas extraction has one of the best rates in the country. in the age of citizens united crossroads can been as dishonest as they want to be. let's bring in howard fineman and sam stein. good to have you with us tonight. >> thanks. >> what does crossroads super pac do for mitt romney's chance sns we look at the calendar, it's april and a bunch of money will be spent. how different is the landscape going to be or could it
>> well, it will be revealed later this week but president obama took his campaign and about $1.4 million worth of ads in battleground states to go after governor romney on the issue of energy prices. the record needs to be set straight about what this administration's policies are with regard to energy. >> if you want an idea of the kind of ads crossroads will run against president obama, look no further than the gas pump. >> now he's taking credit. for which part? the $5 gas...
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president obama's announcement last week on same-sex marriage, marriage equality, really was a defining moment in this election. >> over the course of several years, as i talked to friends and family and neighbors, with when i think about members of my own staff who are in incredibly committed, monogamous relationships, same-sex marriages, who are raising kids together, when i think about those soldiers or airmen or marines or sailors who are out there fighting on my behalf, and yet feel constrained, even now that don't ask, don't tell is gone, because they're not able to commit themselves in marriage, at a certain point, i've just concluded that for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. >> and a week after that sound bite, we are still calculating just what kind of an impact that's going to have on this election. the first sitting u.s. president endorsing marriage equality. but the issue has divided some in the african-american community in america. and now those who oppose same-sex marriage find themse
president obama's announcement last week on same-sex marriage, marriage equality, really was a defining moment in this election. >> over the course of several years, as i talked to friends and family and neighbors, with when i think about members of my own staff who are in incredibly committed, monogamous relationships, same-sex marriages, who are raising kids together, when i think about those soldiers or airmen or marines or sailors who are out there fighting on my behalf, and yet feel...
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last week, president obama suggested that infrastructure and opportunity from public investments have helped build businesses in america. today, romney took those remarks totally out of context. >> i just want to say it exactly as he said it, speaking about small business and businesses of all kind. he said this, if you have got a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. >> here are the president's remarks in context. >> somebody helped to create this unbelievable american system that we have that allowed you to thrive. somebody invested in roads and bridges. if you have a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. the internet didn't get invented on its own. government research created the internet so that all of the companies could make money off the internet. the point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative but also because we do things together. >> you know, amazingly, one republican politician came out in the president's defense earlier. his name, mitt romney. >> i know that you recognize a lot of
last week, president obama suggested that infrastructure and opportunity from public investments have helped build businesses in america. today, romney took those remarks totally out of context. >> i just want to say it exactly as he said it, speaking about small business and businesses of all kind. he said this, if you have got a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. >> here are the president's remarks in context. >> somebody helped to create this...
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those students were in line to get tickets for president obama's speech later this week at the university of miami. in 2008, senator obama beat senator john mccain by 2 to 1 in the margin in the youth vote in this country. it's crucial for the president to get similar numbers this time around if he's going to win the state of florida. of course, to vote they must be registered and voter registration drives have been underway for months. according to statistics from the zx 2.8 million people are registered as independents or with a third party. the numbers are interesting, but it means nothing if there's no emotional component that will motivate them to do it. this is why the debates are so important in today's information culture. there must be a real emotional appeal by president obama if he's to succeed in getting these voters out to the polls. the best registration drive imaginable will not do a thing if there isn't this gut feeling that these young folks must get out and vote because they can make a difference. let's turn to annette taddeo, member of the democratic party and one of th
those students were in line to get tickets for president obama's speech later this week at the university of miami. in 2008, senator obama beat senator john mccain by 2 to 1 in the margin in the youth vote in this country. it's crucial for the president to get similar numbers this time around if he's going to win the state of florida. of course, to vote they must be registered and voter registration drives have been underway for months. according to statistics from the zx 2.8 million people are...
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. >> less than 50,000 people signed up for plans on healthcare.gov, in almost six weeks since the obama care marketplace opened. >> it's almost as if you can have one team produce for everybody. because they're all saying the same thing. the 50,000 number is only the federal exchange. it does not include the state exchanges. here's a fact that you won't find on the curvy couch on fox. the same "wall street journal" article points out that roughly 7,000 people have completed applications in all 50 states for obama care. these people have not officially signed up. they're just kind of shopping, you know? looking for the best deal. they don't have to do it right now. here's another obscure number for you. over 440,000 people have signed up for medicaid through obama care. these numbers would be even better if more states would have opted for the medicaid expansion. as of now, 25 states have decided not, n-o-t, not to expand. why? hell, i don't know. they hate the president. it's socialism. it's whatever they want to make it. it's nothing but a snub to the president, as every economist out
. >> less than 50,000 people signed up for plans on healthcare.gov, in almost six weeks since the obama care marketplace opened. >> it's almost as if you can have one team produce for everybody. because they're all saying the same thing. the 50,000 number is only the federal exchange. it does not include the state exchanges. here's a fact that you won't find on the curvy couch on fox. the same "wall street journal" article points out that roughly 7,000 people have...
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. >>> tonight on "politics nation," president obama's best week ever with a big bounce in the polls. he's talking about the road ahead including a pay raise for millions of americans. also better late than never. chris christie looks to shake up the 2016 race. but did he already miss his best chance? and it's a bromance. ted cruz and donald trump are in a mutual admiration society, and it's bad news for the gop.
. >>> tonight on "politics nation," president obama's best week ever with a big bounce in the polls. he's talking about the road ahead including a pay raise for millions of americans. also better late than never. chris christie looks to shake up the 2016 race. but did he already miss his best chance? and it's a bromance. ted cruz and donald trump are in a mutual admiration society, and it's bad news for the gop.
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bad obama care is. >> yeah, just another two weeks. maybe if they had voted another 43 times in the house virginians might have paid attention to the news and gotten the message. give me a break! nice try, senator. we should point out, clearly, only 24% of virginia voters said that obama care was their number one concern. on top of this, the tide clearly is shifting in favor of obama care. it's fun to watch. the latest poll from reuters shows favorability up three points from september. website problems, you know what's happening? they're getting fixed day by day, although carl rove is out hammering away at obama care. he wasted no time this morning lying about people losing their insurance. >> if you have 15 million people losing their coverage, the individual market being basically wiped out, that is 20% of the people with private insurance that are governed by obama care are going to lose it. other estimates are 35 million -- you have heard estimates -- >> what's the -- put that in english. what's the effect of that? >> the effect i
bad obama care is. >> yeah, just another two weeks. maybe if they had voted another 43 times in the house virginians might have paid attention to the news and gotten the message. give me a break! nice try, senator. we should point out, clearly, only 24% of virginia voters said that obama care was their number one concern. on top of this, the tide clearly is shifting in favor of obama care. it's fun to watch. the latest poll from reuters shows favorability up three points from september....
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. >> president obama drew a line on taxes last week. republicans are running out the clock, and it looks like the president is caving. senator sheldon whitehouse is here. one of the key figures in the news corporate fox hacking scandal is found dead, and there's more trouble in the united states for rupert murdoch. filmmaker robert greenwall on the latest. in psycho talk tonight. >> yes, they have the right to do that. that's not discriminating based upon religion against their particular religion. >> republican presidential hopeful herman cain has a warped understanding of the constitution. more anti-islam remarks from the godfather's pizza man. tonight, he's attacking another candidate on his religion. remember last week everybody was saying, well, the president is in such a good place right now. really? folks, as liberals we need to prepare ourselves, i think, for the big cave. it could be on the way. the president said he wouldn't agree. he would not agree to cut to the big three unless republicans were going to put revenues on the
. >> president obama drew a line on taxes last week. republicans are running out the clock, and it looks like the president is caving. senator sheldon whitehouse is here. one of the key figures in the news corporate fox hacking scandal is found dead, and there's more trouble in the united states for rupert murdoch. filmmaker robert greenwall on the latest. in psycho talk tonight. >> yes, they have the right to do that. that's not discriminating based upon religion against their...
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last week, we got a look at the majority leader, eric cantor's handy republican obama care playbook, which urges republican house members to collect negative constituent stories on obama care. for weeks, it felt like we have heard -- we were stories about websites and crashes and now lawmakers and pundits are finally starting to realize, this is about actual people, which means the messaging war is getting personal, and both sides fight to push their version of the obama care narrative. >> 900,000 californians, 130,000 kentuckyions, 140,000 minnesotas and 400,000 georgians have received cancellation notices. >> here's one. thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. i've been denied health insurance for three years for preexisting condition, i can now live again. >> moms and dads are worried they're going to lose their health care plan. >> my girls can no longer be discriminated against for having a preexisting condition. thanks to obama care. my daughters have access to preventive care they need as cancer survivors now. for the rest of their lives, without worry of outrageous co-pay
last week, we got a look at the majority leader, eric cantor's handy republican obama care playbook, which urges republican house members to collect negative constituent stories on obama care. for weeks, it felt like we have heard -- we were stories about websites and crashes and now lawmakers and pundits are finally starting to realize, this is about actual people, which means the messaging war is getting personal, and both sides fight to push their version of the obama care narrative....
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this has been a very interesting week for obama care. it's been a week of a pack of lies coming from fox news and one particular broadcaster, and that would be sean hannity, apparently the king of cheap shots. and i think there is a reflection in gop polling. rough week at the office. they're down to 22%, an all-time low. so the republicans have to be behind closed doors saying, "man, what are we gonna do now?" well, all they've got left is to go after obama care. that's all they've got. that and, of course, ripping people off oh of food stamps. you know, network reporters, as i said earlier this week on this broadcast, i think are in somewhat of a dilemma. i think that obama care is going to be so positive and there are so many things in obama care that are great for families and great for individuals and great for consumers and the industry, that they will take any morsel of negativity, no matter what it is, to just kind of make sure that everybody thinks they're still journalistically balanced. let me tell you something, folks. junk i
this has been a very interesting week for obama care. it's been a week of a pack of lies coming from fox news and one particular broadcaster, and that would be sean hannity, apparently the king of cheap shots. and i think there is a reflection in gop polling. rough week at the office. they're down to 22%, an all-time low. so the republicans have to be behind closed doors saying, "man, what are we gonna do now?" well, all they've got left is to go after obama care. that's all they've...
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michael eric dyson, you made a comment last week about president obama and how they want to see him fail. my commentary tonight at the top of the show was, it starts and it ends with president obama's failure. and quoting the number that joan just pointed out, and also listening to boehner tonight saying that the president wants a blank check, there are no honest brokers in washington on the republican side. how does this play out, and it is all about president obama's failure. >> it absolutely is and joan walsh is absolutely right. mendacity, emphasis on "men," lacking audacity and engaging in lying and engaging in obfuscation and engaging in outright just repudiation of the truth. listen to what the president has said. this has been a routine thing. people have done this since the snoof '50s, 18 times under reagan, 7 times since the '60s. and here we are now trying to stalemate president obama and refuse to give him the victory. even with the reid plan. even with obama coming to the table, sacrificing things that many of us think are going way too far, he has struck the right note. we
michael eric dyson, you made a comment last week about president obama and how they want to see him fail. my commentary tonight at the top of the show was, it starts and it ends with president obama's failure. and quoting the number that joan just pointed out, and also listening to boehner tonight saying that the president wants a blank check, there are no honest brokers in washington on the republican side. how does this play out, and it is all about president obama's failure. >> it...
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what's your position on what president obama did this week? >> as you and i talked earlier, i want to know what he's going to do next. he didn't just say what he said because he wanted to inform people in a moment of clarity. i believe for 20 years he's known that he's been for same-sex marriage, but he didn't flow whether he wanted to inject that issue into the political arena. it's happened. i want to know what will it mean. how will it change things? in a couple of weeks i'll be asking for a hundred strong black men and women to come to washington, d.c. and prayerfully meet with the the president and his surrogates, and we want to hear from them clearly from his words what he's going to do. are we going to have more intrusions into the culture? the lack of actually following through with doma, things of that nature. what is the president going to do? >> professor hendricks before we get to your area of expertise, biblical interpretation. is this more an issue of justice than religion? give us a sense of your understanding of the issue. >> i
what's your position on what president obama did this week? >> as you and i talked earlier, i want to know what he's going to do next. he didn't just say what he said because he wanted to inform people in a moment of clarity. i believe for 20 years he's known that he's been for same-sex marriage, but he didn't flow whether he wanted to inject that issue into the political arena. it's happened. i want to know what will it mean. how will it change things? in a couple of weeks i'll be asking...
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what a difference a week makes. not too long ago confident republicans were already planning to attend mitt romney's inauguration. dick morris wrote about a coming romney landslide. but all the sudden morris changed his tune. on friday he wrote about sudden danger signs in the polls for mitt romney. karl rove has raised millions for romney through his american crossroads super pac. he wrote a wall street editorial saying romney will win at least 279 electoral votes. now he's blaming sandy for a romney life. david pluff wasn't buying rove's excuses. >> i think karl rove may have said that because a few days ago he predicted a big romney win. and my since is karl will be at a cross roads himself on tuesday when he tries to explain to the people who wrote him hundreds of millions of dollars why they fell up short. >> all across the air waves republicans are running behind rove's latest talking point. >> the hurricane is what broke romney's momentum. >> you think that as well. >> i don't think there's any question about
what a difference a week makes. not too long ago confident republicans were already planning to attend mitt romney's inauguration. dick morris wrote about a coming romney landslide. but all the sudden morris changed his tune. on friday he wrote about sudden danger signs in the polls for mitt romney. karl rove has raised millions for romney through his american crossroads super pac. he wrote a wall street editorial saying romney will win at least 279 electoral votes. now he's blaming sandy for a...
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the righties at humanevents, think a palin-obama debate would be a great deal. one writer quoting "what's the matter, mcfly, you're not chick ep, are you" pretty bold considering the recent glimpse in a pal in debate session. >> all this talk and jibberjabber global warming defeats that we should be concerned about heat and that -- i -- mark it's not my fault the cards are not here. >> okay, i think we need to take a break. >> if they did debate, do you think she would say can i call you barack? next, sean hannity claims the video of the president and harvard professor derrick bell has been hidden for years. the culprit at the center of this outrageous cover-up, professor charles ogletree joins me next. stay with us. what makes the sleep number store different? the sleep number bed. the magic of this bed is that you're sleeping on something that conforms to your individual shape. wow! that feels really good. in less than a minute i can get more support. if you change your mind once you get home you can adjust it. so whatever you feel like, the sleep number bed's
the righties at humanevents, think a palin-obama debate would be a great deal. one writer quoting "what's the matter, mcfly, you're not chick ep, are you" pretty bold considering the recent glimpse in a pal in debate session. >> all this talk and jibberjabber global warming defeats that we should be concerned about heat and that -- i -- mark it's not my fault the cards are not here. >> okay, i think we need to take a break. >> if they did debate, do you think she...
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we saw barack obama in last week respond in exactly the way americans want him to respond, and who would have thought that chris christie would be the october surprise? that this guy would -- >> october political surprise. >> yeah. he would be the october political surprise, that he would stand up and it's true, and say the president has been incredible, he's been on the phone every time i needed him. today when he was asked, he said i haven't talked to the president today because i don't need to because fema is doing everything they asked. but if i need to, i'll call him and he'll be there. >> so if this election is about the economy, how important was the jobs report that came out today? >> i think it was important the consumer confidence number important, the number that shows retail sales going up was important. and that's all reflected in the polling. there is a lot of different polling. for example, in the purple poll, you now see the lines crossing on whether or not people think the economy is doing better. a year ago people had no notion, no belief that the economy was doing bett
we saw barack obama in last week respond in exactly the way americans want him to respond, and who would have thought that chris christie would be the october surprise? that this guy would -- >> october political surprise. >> yeah. he would be the october political surprise, that he would stand up and it's true, and say the president has been incredible, he's been on the phone every time i needed him. today when he was asked, he said i haven't talked to the president today because i...
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this follows a week of more news reports about romney's offshore accounts. does that relate to average americans? do you have offshore accounts? the romney campaign spokeswoman said this, the obama campaign's latest unfounded character assault on mitt romney is unseemly and discusting. he had a successful career in the private sector, pays every dime of taxes he owes, has given generously to charitable organizations and has served numerous causes other than himself. but the fact remains this is a man running for president of the united states who seems to like offshore bank accounts, does he not? here is illinois senator dick dirken. >> he's the only candidate for president of the united states with tax shelters, with tax avoid nls schemes that involve so many foreign countries. you get a swiss bank account to conceal what you're doing, or you believe their money is stronger than the dollar. >> appreciate your time. >> thanks, ed. >> this is abnormal. you pointed that out. do you think the american people are okay with this or is this a real issue? >> it's a
this follows a week of more news reports about romney's offshore accounts. does that relate to average americans? do you have offshore accounts? the romney campaign spokeswoman said this, the obama campaign's latest unfounded character assault on mitt romney is unseemly and discusting. he had a successful career in the private sector, pays every dime of taxes he owes, has given generously to charitable organizations and has served numerous causes other than himself. but the fact remains this is...
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. >>> mitt romney's surrogate, ted nugent makes hateful remarks about president obama over the week weekend. (female announcer) most life insurance companies look at you and just see a policy. at aviva, we do things differently. we're bringing humanity back to life insurance. that's why only aviva rewards you with savings for getting a check-up. it's our wellness for life program, with online access to mayo clinic. see the difference at avivausa.com. >>> "the ed show" survey tonight, do republicans want to protect oil companies or american companies. 98% say oil companies. 2% said consumers. >>> where's the outrage over ted nugent's violent comments about democrats? don't forget you can listen to me on sirius xm radio monday through friday and follow me on twitter and like the ed show on facebook. we're right back. it's very important to understand how math and science kind of makes the world work. in high school, i had a physics teacher by the name of mr. davies. he made physics more than theoretical, he made it real for me. we built a guitar, we did things with electronics and mother boar
. >>> mitt romney's surrogate, ted nugent makes hateful remarks about president obama over the week weekend. (female announcer) most life insurance companies look at you and just see a policy. at aviva, we do things differently. we're bringing humanity back to life insurance. that's why only aviva rewards you with savings for getting a check-up. it's our wellness for life program, with online access to mayo clinic. see the difference at avivausa.com. >>> "the ed...
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earlier this week president obama said denying climate change endangers our national security. former florida governor jeb bush responded with this. >> for the people that say the science is decided on this is just really arrogant to be honest with you. it is thissen intellectual arrogance that now you can't have a conversation about it even. >> well former governor bush you don't have to be a scientist to know climate change puts our military readiness in danger. all you have to do is go to my hometown of norfolk, virginia. >> the pentagon says that climate change poses an increasing set of risks to our national security. >> it threatens homes, businesses and even our military. >> the base could become unusable. >> there's a lot at stake. >> reporter: norfolk, virginia is the home of the world's largest naval station. their infrastructure is crucial to military readiness. >> home to about 75 ships, 200 aircraft, a large training and maintenance and logistics infrastructure to support those forces. sea level rise impacts the ability of the base to carry out its mission. >> the
earlier this week president obama said denying climate change endangers our national security. former florida governor jeb bush responded with this. >> for the people that say the science is decided on this is just really arrogant to be honest with you. it is thissen intellectual arrogance that now you can't have a conversation about it even. >> well former governor bush you don't have to be a scientist to know climate change puts our military readiness in danger. all you have to do...
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obama derangement syndrome is trickling down. remember this photo from last week with arizona governor jan brewer shoving her finger in the president's face? well, she said she felt threatened, but now brewer, you know what she is doing? fundraising off the picture. her pac website pro claims "i was telling him one more year" that is fwhoot she was telling the media. she told the media she felt threatened do people talk like that if they feel threatened? the republican party is creating an alternative reality to bash the president. they say untrue things about the president in a very tasteless manner, analogies to do what? fire up the base. but you see there is one thing about all this, not working on the majority of the american people. president obama's approval rating holy smokes, going up. recent washington post abc news poll shows president obama is now in 53% approval rating. highest approval rating since april of 2010. even right wing pollster rasmussen has president obama at 51% approval rating. these extreme attacks by r
obama derangement syndrome is trickling down. remember this photo from last week with arizona governor jan brewer shoving her finger in the president's face? well, she said she felt threatened, but now brewer, you know what she is doing? fundraising off the picture. her pac website pro claims "i was telling him one more year" that is fwhoot she was telling the media. she told the media she felt threatened do people talk like that if they feel threatened? the republican party is...
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. >> this was a quote about gingrich from obama's strategist david axelrod this week. "just remember the higher a monkey climbs on a pole, the more you can see his butt." ezra, how much more are we going to see or need to know about newt gingrich? >> we're going to see a lot. one thing important when you handicap gingrich's chances. between the new hampshire primary and super tuesday, you have eight weeks. that's a long time. 2008 there were only three weeks. a momentum candidate like gingrich has eight weeks in which every other campaign is going to pick him apart. pick apart the fact he wanted to take lasers and use them against north korea. pick apart the mirrors he wanted to hang in space in order to light our highways. there's just an enormous amount in gingrich's background that's going to be difficult for him. that's the time when romney can mount a comeback or huntsman or perry could mount the new challenge. >> what about ron paul? he doesn't seem to be the media darling but he's closing the gap in iowa. joan, what do you think? >> i think he could win iowa, ac
. >> this was a quote about gingrich from obama's strategist david axelrod this week. "just remember the higher a monkey climbs on a pole, the more you can see his butt." ezra, how much more are we going to see or need to know about newt gingrich? >> we're going to see a lot. one thing important when you handicap gingrich's chances. between the new hampshire primary and super tuesday, you have eight weeks. that's a long time. 2008 there were only three weeks. a momentum...
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proving this is a 54 page proposal called "the defeat of barack hussein obama" presented this week to the super pac, presented by right wing activist, joe ricketts, the founder of td americatrade. his family owns the chicago cubs and members swiftly went into damage control. joe ricketts son, cubs' chairman, john ricketts said i repudiate any return to racially divisive issues in this year's presidential campaign or any setting like my father has. meanwhile, daughter laura ricketts, an lbg activist and obama bundler said she will continue to do all i can to help get president obama re-elected. the timing couldn't be worse for the obama family. they are currently in negotiations with former chief of staff rahm emanuel to work on wrigley field. that's right. they are hoping the taxpayers will pony up to the bar. emanuel is absolutely livid over joe ricketts' attack ads and refused to speak to the family. >> you can have disagreements without being disagreeable. if that's the nature, america is too great a future for the content they're talking about. it's insulting for the president and
proving this is a 54 page proposal called "the defeat of barack hussein obama" presented this week to the super pac, presented by right wing activist, joe ricketts, the founder of td americatrade. his family owns the chicago cubs and members swiftly went into damage control. joe ricketts son, cubs' chairman, john ricketts said i repudiate any return to racially divisive issues in this year's presidential campaign or any setting like my father has. meanwhile, daughter laura ricketts,...
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we saw the obama administration make clear weeks ago they would have vetoed that bill. because of the incredible leadership and progress on climate change, from president obama, i think the comments from secretary clinton were consistent with that. so we are optimistic. >> i appreciate your time tonight. thanks so much. there are others who were thinking about running for president on the democratic ticket who absolutely have no problem whatsoever saying they're against keystone. why can't hillary clinton? that's "the ed show." "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton starts right now. good evening, rev. >> good evening, ed, and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, the grand jurors were playing on their cell phones. that's the startling new allegations in the eric garner chokehold case. it comes from the man who shot this cell phone video. ramsey otto testified before the grand jury, he tells the new york daily news they were barely listening. >> nobody in grand jury was even paying attention to what i had to say. people were on their phones. people were talki
we saw the obama administration make clear weeks ago they would have vetoed that bill. because of the incredible leadership and progress on climate change, from president obama, i think the comments from secretary clinton were consistent with that. so we are optimistic. >> i appreciate your time tonight. thanks so much. there are others who were thinking about running for president on the democratic ticket who absolutely have no problem whatsoever saying they're against keystone. why...
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the obama campaign were ready to take on mitt romney's record as ceo of bain capital this week, but obama supporter, at least we think he's a supporter, corey booker changed the game when he said this about the campaign's bain strategy on meet the press. >> this kind of stuff is nauseating to me on both sides. it's nauseating to the american public. enough is enough. stop attacking private equity. this stuff has got to stop. it undermine, to me, what this country should be focused on. it's a distraction from the real issues. it's either going to be a small campaign about this crap or a big campaign about the issues that american public cares about. >> president obama responded to the mayor's reaction in afternoon. >> this issue is not a distraction. this is part of the debate that we're going to be having in this election campaign about how do we create an economy where everybody from top to bottom, folks on wall street and folks on main street have a shot at success. >> booker has tried to walk back his comments. he post add video on youtube explaining what he really meant. >> mitt romne
the obama campaign were ready to take on mitt romney's record as ceo of bain capital this week, but obama supporter, at least we think he's a supporter, corey booker changed the game when he said this about the campaign's bain strategy on meet the press. >> this kind of stuff is nauseating to me on both sides. it's nauseating to the american public. enough is enough. stop attacking private equity. this stuff has got to stop. it undermine, to me, what this country should be focused on....
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even before president obama's speech last week, nearly 40 countries had joined in contributing to the efforts to strengthen the capacity of iraq to strengthen its military, to train, to provide humanitarian assistance. we have been focused on isil since its inexception. >> the reaction countering secretary kerry claiming there was no plan. here's the administration asking for support in the form of a vote and also resources via the vote yet he's claiming the plan wasn't detailed enough. kerry said there's things i can't say here, we have go to a closed briefing. that didn't seem to satisfy senator corker either. sort this out for us, joe. >> well, we have two problems, one is a fierce political opposition to president obama. his opponents have been waging fights since the president was inaugust rated. so every issue gets caught up in the obama-hate machine. so you see opponents. i have to count senator mccain and corker among them. that's part of the problem. the second part of the problem is they may not have all the information. the american public certainly doesn't. the washington
even before president obama's speech last week, nearly 40 countries had joined in contributing to the efforts to strengthen the capacity of iraq to strengthen its military, to train, to provide humanitarian assistance. we have been focused on isil since its inexception. >> the reaction countering secretary kerry claiming there was no plan. here's the administration asking for support in the form of a vote and also resources via the vote yet he's claiming the plan wasn't detailed enough....
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this week the justice department asked for an emergency court ruling that would allow president obama's immigration action to move forward. the department of justice asked for a stay on the texas judge's ruling. as of today, president obama's executive action is on hold. it would protect roughly 5 million undocumented immigrants for deportation. the executive orders were supposed to go into effect a week ago. president obama is trying to get his message on immigration across the country tonight on this network. we'll be airing an immigration town hall event with president obama. the president will be speaking directly with the latino community in miami and what impact that has remains to be seen. moving and looking at this whole thing, how can these house republicans do this to the country? i'll tell you how they could do it to the country. number one, they hate the president. they don't want to see him succeed on anything. it is the gerrymandering. these guys in the house know they can do whatever they want to do and they're never going to lose their seat because they have socially eng
this week the justice department asked for an emergency court ruling that would allow president obama's immigration action to move forward. the department of justice asked for a stay on the texas judge's ruling. as of today, president obama's executive action is on hold. it would protect roughly 5 million undocumented immigrants for deportation. the executive orders were supposed to go into effect a week ago. president obama is trying to get his message on immigration across the country tonight...
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i was in iowa last week and found out president obama went to newton iowa ten times before he was elected and every single trip he talked about energy and jobs. that's the story we bring you tonight. now today speaking of gas, average cost of gas is $3.18. where is credit for obama there. it is down from $3.39 a gallon from just a month ago. predicting another 20 cent drop in november, that is what experts are saying. from 2007 to 2013 gas consumption dropped by nearly 6%. the president invested heavily in green energy. this is the an issue that goes to the middle of the country. this issue is big in the middle of the country. i was in newton, iowa talking to the residents about economy, jobs, green energy, the very important things that are taking place in this senate race which is going to be very tight. we're just three weeks away. iowa will vote. newton iowa has been on the front line of this great united states recession from day one. in 2007 a maytag plant shut its doors and devastated the community, 1900 jobs were lost, crushing the local economy. in 2011 the ed show went to newton
i was in iowa last week and found out president obama went to newton iowa ten times before he was elected and every single trip he talked about energy and jobs. that's the story we bring you tonight. now today speaking of gas, average cost of gas is $3.18. where is credit for obama there. it is down from $3.39 a gallon from just a month ago. predicting another 20 cent drop in november, that is what experts are saying. from 2007 to 2013 gas consumption dropped by nearly 6%. the president...
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a few weeks ago, president obama said romney could actually bring something to the table. >> i do think he did a terrific job running the olympics. that skill set applies to the federal government. >> turns out, romney doesn't have an eye on helping the country. he is helping to move on into an office at his son, tag's private equity firm. it is unclear what role he will be playing. he spent the last seven years running to serve his country and now he is going back to the private sector. he is not out serving the public or helping the country move forward. this just underscores everything we thought about mitt romney. all he cares about is money. good for him. >>> romney campaign strategist, stevens is complaining about the loss. he wrote that mitt romney carried the majority of every economic group except those with less than $50,000 a year in household income. that means he carried the majority of middle class voters. stuart is pretty far off base with this claim. there are a number of ways to define the middle class. the fact is median household income currently just over $50,000. we
a few weeks ago, president obama said romney could actually bring something to the table. >> i do think he did a terrific job running the olympics. that skill set applies to the federal government. >> turns out, romney doesn't have an eye on helping the country. he is helping to move on into an office at his son, tag's private equity firm. it is unclear what role he will be playing. he spent the last seven years running to serve his country and now he is going back to the private...
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the righties at humanevents, think a palin-obama debate would be a great deal. one writer quoting "what's the matter, mcfly, you're not chicken, are you" pretty bold considering the recent glimpse in a palin debate session. >> all this talk and jibberjabber of global warming defeats that we should be concerned about heat and that -- i -- mark it's not my fault the cards are not here. >> okay, i think we need to take a break. >> if they did debate, do you think she would say can i call you barack? next, sean hannity claims the video of the president and harvard professor derrick bell has been hidden for years. the culprit at the center of this outrageous cover-up, professor charles ogletree joins me next. stay with us. [ male announcer ] is zero worth nothing? ♪ imagine zero pollutants in our environment. or zero dependency on foreign oil. ♪ this is why we at nissan built a car inspired by zero. because zero is worth everything. the zero gas, 100% electric nissan leaf. innovation for the planet. innovation for all. is more important to newt gingrich? 99% of y
the righties at humanevents, think a palin-obama debate would be a great deal. one writer quoting "what's the matter, mcfly, you're not chicken, are you" pretty bold considering the recent glimpse in a palin debate session. >> all this talk and jibberjabber of global warming defeats that we should be concerned about heat and that -- i -- mark it's not my fault the cards are not here. >> okay, i think we need to take a break. >> if they did debate, do you think she...
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the number one story in america over the past few weeks has been problems with obama care. you know, it's interesting. of all the voters in virginia last night, only 24% of them said that obama care was their number-one issue. you know what the number-one issue was? putting jobs first. terry minneso terry mcauliffe knows the narrative, what is striking at the heart of the middle class in this country, knows what is going to revitalize this economy economically. it is jobs. virginia, i just want you to know, not only is he a nice guy, he's a hell of a businessman and he's going to create jobs in virginia. in fact, he'll do a heck of a lot better job in virginia than scott walker has ever done in wisconsin, if you want a comparison. terry mcauliffe will get it done. now, back to obama care for a moment. remember, it was republican candidate ken cuccinelli who said the virginia governor's race was a referendum on obama care. >> tomorrow in virginia is a referendum on obama care. >> oh, yeah. and he brought in marco rubio and a host of other republicans to say that this is the
the number one story in america over the past few weeks has been problems with obama care. you know, it's interesting. of all the voters in virginia last night, only 24% of them said that obama care was their number-one issue. you know what the number-one issue was? putting jobs first. terry minneso terry mcauliffe knows the narrative, what is striking at the heart of the middle class in this country, knows what is going to revitalize this economy economically. it is jobs. virginia, i just want...
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the michigan primary in two weeks will let us know who is jumping on board. get your cell phones out. tonight's question, santorum's surge. is his surge the turning point for conservative voters? text for yes and text b for no. you can go to our blog, and we've got the results later on in the show. i'm joined tonight by howard fineman, nbc news political analyst and editor and director of the huffington post media group. rick santorum says mitt romney is desperate. we're going to see how desperate he is in the next couple of weeks. what do you think romney will do in michigan now na the numbers are out? what's the game plan going to be for romney to really turn it around? >> let neme tell you about the santorum game plan with a tv ad in michigan. they didn't have the money for tv advertising especially in a big state with television. they'll start tomorrow in michigan. it's interesting to see how they play it. irng it will be a gentle, comparative ad. in other words, not a hard-hitting anti-romney ad but a comparative ad on the theme of this being a two-perso
the michigan primary in two weeks will let us know who is jumping on board. get your cell phones out. tonight's question, santorum's surge. is his surge the turning point for conservative voters? text for yes and text b for no. you can go to our blog, and we've got the results later on in the show. i'm joined tonight by howard fineman, nbc news political analyst and editor and director of the huffington post media group. rick santorum says mitt romney is desperate. we're going to see how...
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. >> it is not the first time this week the president obama drew a big distinction between himself and mitt romney. yesterday the president spoke about home foreclosures, saying it is wrong for anyone to suggest that we should let the housing market bottom out. although it was mitt romney who told a nevada newspaper to let the foreclosure process run its course. on tuesday, president obama toured the washington auto show. mitt romney, famously said let detroit go bankrupt. now gm is back on top and president obama has a different message. >> it is good to remember that the fact that there was some folks who were willing to let this industry die, because of folks coming together, we are now back -- back in a place where we can compete with any car company in the world. >> the president is getting an early jump on the general election. he's letting voters know the clear lines between him and mitt romney. romney is also showing america where he stands. he stood side by side with the all-american nobody donald trump today, the guy who fires people on tv, supporting the guy who likes to be
. >> it is not the first time this week the president obama drew a big distinction between himself and mitt romney. yesterday the president spoke about home foreclosures, saying it is wrong for anyone to suggest that we should let the housing market bottom out. although it was mitt romney who told a nevada newspaper to let the foreclosure process run its course. on tuesday, president obama toured the washington auto show. mitt romney, famously said let detroit go bankrupt. now gm is back...
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six ohio polls were released this week. five of them have president obama leading. one is tied. president obama's average lead in ohio is 2.3 points. that's a big lead, seriously. now families in northern ohio have not forgotten what the rescue of the automobile industry did for their state. one in eight ohio jobs are about the automobile industry. this is why mitt romney is doing everything he possibly can to down play the impact of the auto rescue. his political director says the obama campaign dropped the auto bailout on us, but there's only so long you can ride that one trick pony. you think getting a paycheck is a one-trick pony? romney called last night's event a victory rally. today romney gave a standard stump speech in iowa, but his campaign called it a victory event. so if you believe mitt romney, heck, he's already won the election. the auto rescue was no big deal and ohio jobs are getting shipped over to china. you can't believe a word this guy says. one no knows this isn't true is rob portman. portman knows romney is toast without ohio. >> if we don't win ohio, it's
six ohio polls were released this week. five of them have president obama leading. one is tied. president obama's average lead in ohio is 2.3 points. that's a big lead, seriously. now families in northern ohio have not forgotten what the rescue of the automobile industry did for their state. one in eight ohio jobs are about the automobile industry. this is why mitt romney is doing everything he possibly can to down play the impact of the auto rescue. his political director says the obama...
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it all started last week when issa accused obama care's chief technology officer, todd park, of misleading congress. >> jay carney is paid to say things that aren't so. but in this case, todd parks and other people who knew the facts, who had to know the facts, and the facts were from documents we received, from lead contractors, that they slowed down to an unacceptable level at 1,100 users. well, in fact, todd parks was telling us that at 60,000 was the target we're going to have. todd parks and a number of other political appointees, who were part of this pattern of interference and false statements related to this site. and we're going to try to get to the bottom of why politics went ahead of best practices. >> well, issa has a habit of calling obama administration officials paid liars. this has the ranking member of the oversight committee, elijah coup cummings furious. he started correcting today and issa wasn't happy about it. >> your reputation precedes you. unfortunately, however, last week chairman issa appeared on fox news, and accused you and other political appointees of engagi
it all started last week when issa accused obama care's chief technology officer, todd park, of misleading congress. >> jay carney is paid to say things that aren't so. but in this case, todd parks and other people who knew the facts, who had to know the facts, and the facts were from documents we received, from lead contractors, that they slowed down to an unacceptable level at 1,100 users. well, in fact, todd parks was telling us that at 60,000 was the target we're going to have. todd...